AUGUST 15,2010

SISTER KIMBALL WRITES--- " OH WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN. OH BOY A GREAT WEEK BUT ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT WEEK. LET'S START THINGS OUT ON A GOOD NOTE.WE HAD A BAPTISM ON SAT. HIS NAME IS ANDREW ADAMS. SERIOUSLY IT WAS A GREAT BAPTISM. SO MANY PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE BEST BAPTISM AND THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEND PHOTOS. ANDREW IS SO GREAT. HE IS GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE CHURCH. HE WAS SO TEARY EYED THE WHOLE NIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BAPTISM TO THE END. WE HAD OUR MISSION PRESIDENT THERE. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR PREIDENT WILSON.
ON FRIDAY WE HAD ZONE CONFERENCE WHICH WAS GREAT. THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON FAITH AND THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL.I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINBGS I LEARNED. SO OUR VISION(THE MISSIONARIES) AND OUR MISSION PRESIDENT'S VISION FOR OUR MISSION . IT IS FOR US TO BECOME BETTER MISSIONARIES THROUGH FAITH,LOVE, AND OUR MESSAGE OF THE RESTORED GOSPEL. IT IS FOR US TO HAVE FAITH,NOT FAITH IN OURSELVES AND IN WHAT WE CAN DO BUT, FAITH IN WHAT GOD CAN DO. FAITH STARTS WITH DESIRE. DESIRE COMES THROUGH HEARING THE WORD OF GOD ( ROMANS 10:17 ). THE RESTORED GOSPEL WILL PRICK THEIR HEARTS. I LOVE MOSIAH 5:2 (FOUND IN THE BOOK OF MORMON) THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAD NO MORE DISPOSITION TO DO EVIL 1. THEY HEARD THE WORDS OF CHRIST 2. THE SPIRIT TOUCHED THEIR HEARTS 3. FAITH 4. THE MIGHTY CHANGE OF HEART. NOT ONLY DOES THIS APPLY TO ME AS A MISSIONARY BUT TO EVERYONE. IT'S THE PROCESS WE MUST GO THROUGH TO COME UNTO CHRIST AND TO HAVE THAT "MIGHTY CHANE OF HEART". I LIKE TO LIKEN THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU MOM. THIS IS THE PROCESS YOU WILL BE WANTING YOUR SEMINARY STUDENTS TO GO THROUGH. THEY ARE AT A POINT IN THEIR LIVES WHERE THEY CAN GO EITHER WAY. THEIR TESTIMONIES ARE NOT VERY STRONG AND THEY ARE AT THIS CRITICAL POINT WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO. I LOVE D&C 121:45. PRESIDENT WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THE WAY TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS TO HAVE ...
" CHARITY" TOWARDS ALL MEN AND VIRTUE ( CLEAN & WORTHY). YOU CAN'T ASK WITH CONFIDENCE FOR HELP FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IF YOU ARE NOT OBEDIENT. HE ASKS US TO BE OBEDIENT SO THAT WE CAN BE HAPPY AND HAVE THE LORD'S PROMISED BLESSINGS GIVEN TO US. ....I JUST LOVE OUR MISSION PRESIDENT. HE STAYED FOR THE BAPTISM OF ANDREW (MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE LETTER)AND AFTER A LONG DAY OF ZONE CONFERENCE. VERY NEAT! ANYWAYS,AFTER THE BAPTISM ANDREW SAID TO BOTH SISTER DEWITT AND I," THANK YOU. I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN BAPTIZED IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU TWO. " HE HAD MET WITH OTHER MISSIONARIES BEFORE, BUT THE THINGS YOU BOTH SAID TO ME PERSONALLY HELPED ME TO BE BAPTIZED AT THIS TIME. HE SAID,"I RECALL CERTAIN THINGS YOU EACH SAID THAT HELPED ME TO BE HERE TODAY." ISN'T THAT JUST SO COOL? IT WAS WHAT SISTER DEWITT AND I NEEDED TO HEAR AT THAT TIME. I WAS TOLD THAT BEFORE MY MISSION THAT I WAS SENT TO THIS MISSION IN A CERTAIN AREA AT A CERTAIN TIME TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THEM( THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA) BEFORE THIS EXPERIANCE, I WONDERED IF I HAD AN IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ON ANYONE AND THEN ANDREW TELLS US THAT WE DID ( INFLUENCE HIM ) SO COOL AN ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS. GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES BUT ALSO THROUGH HIS CHILDREN.